The Plants Database Newsletter

Covering the events of June 23, 2004, on which 203 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Of all the lands in the world's temperate zones, China has the greatest number of plant species; the eastern United States has the next largest number."

(Edwin T. Morris, American author)

The Plants Database Photo of the Day

Catchfly, Red Campion
Silene dioica
By poppysue

Activity Report:

83 new plants were added to the database.
105 new descriptions were added.
46 new images were added.
1754 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member	Addition	Description
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Greyleaf Geranium, Grayleaf Geranium (Geranium cinereum)
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Corn Leaf Iris (Iris bucharica)
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Jewel Baby' (Iris )
jhyshark	Neutral Comment	Feather Muscari, Feather Hyacinth 'Plumosum' (Muscari comosum)
TodPA	Positive Comment	Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine (Campsis radicans)
LouisianaSweetPea	Positive Comment	Yellow Geiger, Muyuyo (Cordia lutea)
TREEHUGR	Neutral Comment	Red Cedar Juniper, Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
LouisianaSweetPea	Positive Comment	Golden Penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Filagree Necklace' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Fire and Brimstone' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Fire Opal' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'First Mate' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'First Strike' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Flickering Flames' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Floppy Disk' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Fort Salonga' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Fountain of Youth' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Foxfire Bamm Bamm' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Foxfire Irish Moon' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Foxfire Rose Red' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Foxfire Snake Eyes' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Foxfire Zulu' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Frozen Margarita' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Fulda' (Hosta )
NatureWalker	Positive Comment	Apple Mint, Woolly Mint (Mentha suaveolens)
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Fritillary, Fox's Grape (Fritillaria uva-vulpis)
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Pasqueflower 'Papageno' (Pulsatilla vulgaris)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'A B-1 Bomber' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Academy Flaxen Spades' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Alice Blue Gown' (Hosta )
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Heartleaf Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Eroica' (Bergenia cordifolia)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'American Sweetheart' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'American Tish Breeder' (Hosta )
Ninepatch	Positive Comment	Hens and Chicks 'Saturn' (Sempervivum tectorum)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Arctic Circle' (Hosta )
jhyshark	Positive Comment	Cyclamineus Narcissus, Cyclamen Daffodil 'Kaydee' (Narcissus )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Awsome Illusion' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Azure Cherub' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Baby Boomer' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Barbara Elizabeth Hoover' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Barbarosa' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Beat This Blue' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Beckoning' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Big Zach' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Bill Modrak' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Blooming Fool' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Blue Dragon Wings' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Blue Spanish Eyes' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Blueberry Pancakes' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Bold and Beautiful' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Bows and Arrows' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Brandi Nicole' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Brigham Blue' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Brother Bunyan' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Bruce' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Bryce' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cameo' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Canadian Foreign Affairs' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Canterbury Tales' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cathedral' (Hosta )
knibblet	Positive Comment	Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia)
knibblet	Positive Comment	Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
Joyous	Positive Comment	Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Ruby Veil' (Heuchera americana)
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Shrub Rose 'Mountain Music (Buck, 1984)' (Rosa )
desertboot	Positive Comment	Black Mulberry, Toot Tree (Morus nigra)
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Miniature Rose 'Mr. Bluebird (Moore, 1960)' (Rosa )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cheieres Green Christmas' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cheieres Jasmin's Hope' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cheieres Mountain Lights' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cheieres September Frost' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Christmas Candy' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Chutzpah' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Condor' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cookie Crumbs' (Hosta )
Happenstance	Positive Comment	Double Purple Coneflower 'Doppelgänger' (Echinacea purpurea)
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cracker Crumbs' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Craig's Temptation' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Crystal Moon' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cyberstar' (Hosta )
jody	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Cyclone' (Hosta )
foodiesleuth	Neutral Comment	Cannon Ball Tree (Couroupita guianensis)
foodiesleuth	Positive Comment	Golden Trumpet, Yellow Allamanda (Allamanda cathartica)
Farmerdill	Neutral Comment	Cauliflower 'Kosmos' (Brassica oleracea)
FullertonCA	Positive Comment	Appleblossom Grass 'Siskiyou Pink' (Gaura lindheimeri)
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Hybrid Perpetual Rose 'Mr. John Laing (Bennett, 1887)' (Rosa )
palmbob	Positive Comment	(Syagrus coronata)
duliticola	Neutral Comment	(Streptolirion volubile)
palmbob	Positive Comment	(Syagrus botryophora)
palmbob	Positive Comment	(Syagrus pseudococos)
palmbob	Positive Comment	South American Foxtail Palm (Syagrus sancona)
Fran99	Neutral Comment	Chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Hybrid Bracteata Rose 'Muriel (Moore, 1989) aka MORmuri' (Rosa )
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Shrub Rose 'Muriel Humenick (Moore, 2002) aka MORnick' (Rosa )
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Miniature Rose 'Near You (McCann, 1990) aka SEAnear' (Rosa )
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Hybrid Wichurana Rose 'Newport Fairy (Gardner, 1908) aka Newport Rambler' (Rosa )
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Floribunda Rose 'Nicole (Kordes, 1985) aka KORicole' (Rosa )
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Climbing Miniature Rose 'Nozomi (Onodera, 1968) aka Heideroslein' (Rosa )
Paulwhwest	Neutral Comment	Hybrid Tea Rose 'Olympiad (McGredy1982) aka Olympiode, MACauck' (Rosa )
ariodlove	Positive Comment	Jack in the Pulpit, Devil's Nip (Arisaema triphyllum)
smiln32	Positive Comment	Hosta 'Aspen Gold' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Antioch' (Hosta )
KDePetrillo	Positive Comment	Tall Bearded Iris 'Anna Belle Babson (Hager, 1984)' (Iris )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Azure Snow' (Hosta )
smiln32	Neutral Comment	Hosta 'Beatrice' (Hosta )
jesseela	Positive Comment	Dragon Flower, Dragon Arum, Voodoo Lily (Dracunculus vulgaris)

Images

Member	Addition	Description
htop		Texas Vervain (Verbena halei)
carolann		Tall Bearded Iris 'Sweeter than Wine (Schreiner, 1988)' (Iris )
rshadlow		Tall Bearded Iris 'Marie-Jose Nat (Cayeux, 2001)' (Iris )
Paulwhwest		Floss Flower, Ageratum 'White' (Ageratum houstonianum)
mountaineer		Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Red (Chadwick, 2001)' (Iris )
Farmerdill		Cucumber 'Straight Nine' (Cucumis sativus)
Melissa_Ohio		Daylily 'Into The Mystic (Morss, 1990)' (Hemerocallis )
KMAC		Tall Bearded Iris 'Best Bet (Schreiner, 1988)' (Iris )
tcfromky		Coralbells, Alumroot, Alum Root 'Velvet Night (Velvet Knight)' (Heuchera americana)
jhyshark		Two-row Stonecrop 'Blaze of Fulda' (Sedum spurium)
CaptMicha		Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
langbr		Zinnia 'California Giant' (Zinnia hybrid)
Baa		Sunrose, Rock Rose (Helianthemum nummularium)
poppysue		Siberian Iris 'Blue Burgee (McEwen, 1971)' (Iris sibirica)
DaylilySLP		Daylily 'Chorus Line (Kirchhoff, 1981)' (Hemerocallis )
jody		Hosta 'Audra Wilson' (Hosta )
ladyannne		Snail Vine (Phaseolus caracalla)
Happenstance		White Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica alba)
Xenomorf		Winter Squash 'Gold Nuggett' (Cucurbita maxima)
Kachinagirl		Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Purple Petticoats' (Heuchera )
Farmerdill		Peach 'Red Skin' (Prunus persica)
WillowWasp		Persian Shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus)
kennedyh		Himalayan Honeysuckle, Elisha's Tears (Leycesteria formosa)
laketahoe		Tall Bearded Iris 'Rock Star (Byers, 1990)' (Iris )
keno		Carnation 'Mountain Mist' (Dianthus gratianopolitanus)
monterey		Passion Flower 'Purple Gem' (Passiflora hybrid)
Weezingreens		French Marigold 'Honeycomb' (Tagetes patula)
Andrew60		Mile A Minute Vine, Messina Creeper, Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (Ipomoea cairica)
Toxicodendron		Fancy-leafed Caladium, Angel Wings, Heart of Jesus 'Fire Chief' (Caladium bicolor)
sinny		Huernia (Huernia plowesii)
palmbob		California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera)
mebacat		Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Krinkled White' (Paeonia lactiflora)
efila		Reblooming Tall Bearded Iris 'Hindenburg (Hindenberg)' (Iris )
Lophophora		Beavertail Grass, Lavender Star-tulip (Calochortus coeruleus var. coeruleus)
Kelli		False Banana, Red Abyssinian Banana, Wild Banana (Ensete ventricosum)
Rarri		Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet' (Asclepias incarnata)
Paulwhwest		English Rose, Austin Rose 'Lilian Austin (1973; aka AUSli)' (Rosa )
udigg		Selleria (Selliera radicans)
trois		Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus)
canna2grow		Canna Lily 'China Doll' (Canna x generalis)
TamiMcNally		Bleeding Heart Vine (Dicentra scandens)
puttytat		Tall Bearded Iris 'Gypsy Mystic (Tompkins, 1993)' (Iris )
PotEmUp		Flowering Maple 'Little Imp' (Abutilon megapotamicum)
Keyring		(Masdevallia zahlbruckneri)
Big_Red		Cucumber 'Straight 8' (Cucumis sativus)
LouisianaSweetPea		Yellow Geiger, Muyuyo (Cordia lutea)

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... June 23, 2004